Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Introduction: Bollywood—what's all the song and dance about?
1. History and Industry
2. Narrative and Genres
3. Characters and Morality
4. Settings and Style
5. Stars and Audiences
Conclusion: Bye-bye Bollywood?
Filmography
Bibliography
Index

About the Author

Kush Varia is an independent scholar who gained his Masters from the British Film Institute and Birkbeck College, University of London. He has worked as a researcher for the British Universities Film and Video Council, an archive producer for BBC Motion Gallery and as a visiting lecturer in Film Studies at Roehampton University.

Reviews

This accessibly written introduction to the joys of Bollywood is packed with lively and illuminating case studies and makes an ideal addition to the growing literature on Indian cinema.
*Stella Bruzzi, University of Warwick*

Varia's book is valuable for historical sharpness, but most of all for insights that are up-to-date.... Recommended.
*Chocie*

A passionate and engaging introduction to popular Hindi cinema.... Showing that there is much more to Indian cinema than lavish song and dance sequences, Bollywood: Gods, Glamour and Gossip demonstrates the diverse ways in which popular cinema can represent a negotiation between the forces of tradition and modernity.
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